Aligarh: The Aligarh
Muslim University (AMU) Sunday observed the 113th death anniversary
of its founder, Sir Syed Ahmad Khan.

A Quran Khwani (recitation) was organised in the university mosque
after morning prayers and Vice Chancellor Prof. P.K. Abdul Azis and
Registrar V.K. Abdul Jaleel paid their tributes by laying flowers on
Syed's grave situated in the mosque premises.

Other university officials, teachers and students also participated
in the solemn ceremony.

Syed's death anniversary is observed as day of introspection and
when the varsity resolves to carry forward his mission of spreading
education far and wide, particularly among marginalized Muslims.

Telangana
Rashtra Samithi (TRS) leader and former top Maoist Sambasivudu was
hacked to death by unidentified assailants in Andhra Pradesh's
Nalgonda district, police said Sunday.
He was attacked late Saturday at Gokaram when he was returning after
attending 'Telangana dhoom dham', a cultural programme to demand
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Social
activist Swami Agnivesh was Saturday allegedly assaulted by some
people, suspected to be special police officers (SPOs), in
Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district while he was on way to a jungle
area where policemen »

Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh in a meeting with the
Imam-e-Haram, Makkahtul Mukerrema, Fazilatus Shaikh Dr.
Abdur Rahman Abdul Aziz al Sudais, in New Delhi on March 24,
2011. Dr Sudais is in India on a historic three day visit.

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